Jill Cowan

Andrew Do, an Orange County supervisor, has been asked to resign after directing more than $13 million to a nonprofit run by his daughter and allies. The group was supposed to spend the money on meals for vulnerable residents.

In the town of Kaaawa, he constructed tiny homes at cut-rate prices and neighbors described him as a handyman who was often eager to help.

It has been a generation since Los Angeles had a major earthquake disaster. Even in an active seismic year, many residents say they refuse to become alarmist.

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles, in all its glory, is a wonder to behold. Its finest days (high 70s, sunny, breeze whispering through the palm trees) can make one believe it is impervious to disaster.

A train car in Whitewater Township, Ohio, was discovered to be leaking styrene, which is used to make plastic and fiberglass and is highly flammable.

A dangerous chemical leak from a rail yard in Whitewater Township, Ohio, led to evacuations as officials feared an explosion from the highly flammable styrene.

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Adam Gray, a Democratic former state lawmaker in California, defeated U.S. Rep. John Duarte, the Republican incumbent, in a House contest finally decided Tuesday, nearly a month after Election Day.

A Democratic former state lawmaker defeated the Republican incumbent Tuesday to flip a seat in the Central Valley that was the last 2024 House race to be called, according to The Associated Press.

The authorities said they were surveying for signs of damage, but the National Weather Service has canceled the tsunami warning that had been issued for the West Coast.